Uprising - Face The Executioner (single) (2004)

The second track from Uprising final 4 song session!

In the late summer of 2004 Uprising would record what would end up being their final 4 song session. This session would receive a very rough mix in '04 and even though all 4 songs would be released on the internet through Uprising's now-defunct website, these four songs never saw an "official" release.

For years, it was assumed that the original track files from the session were lost to the sands of time. But in 2022 Nate, Uprising's singer, discovered a bunch of Uprising records and songs in storage and in there were 4 burned CD's the had the original session files. After successfully recovering the track files Nate went to work giving them a proper mix

Face The Executioner is a stark anti-capital punishment song. The state has a monopoly on violence and the state will exercise that ability often with little to no evidence against the accused. Would you rather support a system that seeks retribution and revenge or would you rather see a justice system that seeks to restore and rehabilitate? Justice is, in many way, diametrically opposed to retribution, yet they're constantly conflated.

Capitalism ensures there's a steady stream of executioners. Death is a very profitable business. But another world is possible, one that isn't built on the corpses of so many lives lost.